Communication
Good organisation and transition between speakers. Good effort to be dynamic and interesting.
Slides
Many errors in English (slide 11 - mains reasons) and not much in the way of illustration.
Content
It was a good idea to present the other side of the argument, but you didn't really tie this part into your conclusion. You said a) climate change is perhaps caused by humans b) perhaps not and c) we have to change our behavior anyway. More evidence that Glenn Beck is a reputable scientist would have been helpful also.
Slide 2-9 (Melissa)
A little too quiet and hesitant, and you had some problems reading some of the words on your slides. It's always best not to read, but you also need to learn the pronunciation of key words like the environment.
heavy
the environment
autochtone > indigenous
elevation > rise
inundation > floods
floe's biodiversity > the biodiversity of ice floes
disappearing
Slide 10 (Anthony)
Good delivery, but you read the slides too much and your intonation is rather monotonous. The audience feels it is being lectured.
environment
cutting down
automobile
shipping (not chipping)
three quarters
catastrophe
Slide 17 (Eric)
Very communicative, good intonation, but grammar is very poor, particularly in the slides.
the temperature don't correlate > temperatures don't correlate, or the temperature doesn't correlate
the problem is become from the sun > the problem comes from the sun
Bagdad knew the first ice > there was ice in Bagdad for the first time
lowest
we can see the augmentation > we can see the rise
persons > people
idea (i-de-a)
he writed a book > wrote
he think > he thinks
it's the natural fault > it's nature's fault, it's a natural problem
Slide 26 (Alexis)
Good delivery, a little hesitant. When you take a poll (= sondage) in the class, ask who thinks A, count hands, then who thinks B, count hands. Wait until people respond otherwise they will not participate.
eCONomise
geothermic
wind
WWF (double u, double u, eff)
the environment
who thinkS it's X and who thinkS it's
Written corrections (Katie):
slide 1: It is a phenomenon where the average temperature of the oceans and atmospheres rises.
slide 2. Global warming has serious consequences on the environment and humans.
slide 3: Rise in sea levels: floods.
slide 5: destruction of the polar ice caps, and therefore the habitat of such animals seals and polar bears.
slide 6: A rise in the average ocean temperature.
slide 7: Extinction of certain species
32 % of amphibians.
slide 8: Mosquitoes carrying malaria are multiplying Increased severity of asthma attacks.
slide 9: Consequences of global warming are numerous and the causes are still under debate.
slide 10: at the heart of the problem
are principally caused by humans.
the carbon dioxide emissions.
methane emissions have doubled.
slide 11: the main reasons
greenhouse gass emissions
combustion of fossil fuels 390 tonnes their extractions and combustions
slide 12: EMISSIONS - plural!
between 3 and 10 tonnes of CO2 each year
slide 13: shipping (no THE) releases 3 times more sulfur dioxide than road transport.
A return flight from Paris to New York... emits one TONNE (spelling!)
No "the" in front of public transport and goods transport
slide 14: Agriculture (no THE) storage of organic waste
the consumption of fossil fuels.
breeding (no THE)
emissions = plural
slide 15: Households (no THE)
16 tonnes (spelling)
Moving (no THE)
Building (no THE)
slide 16: fault of government policies
gas emissions (plural)
5 billion tonnes (spelling)
slide 18: People (no THE) that think that it is inevitable.
slide 19: we hear that it is caused by Co2
slide 20: some scientists think that it is caused by the Sun
slide 23: People who thing it is just a commercial idea
Green washing???? - brain washing??? Is that a pun???
slide 24: He wrote a book that opposed Al Gore's opinion.
He thinks that it is just a commercial idea.that scientists came up with in order to create jobs.
slide 25: This is why people believe that global warming is just a scam.
Just a marketing ploy to sell more products and create a false sense of a clear conscience.
slide 26: two hypotheses
...even if it is just part of a cycle.
slide 28: ....human fault.
what do you think about these two hypotheses?
Table of Contents
Oral corrections (Shona):
Communication
Good organisation and transition between speakers. Good effort to be dynamic and interesting.
Slides
Many errors in English (slide 11 - mains reasons) and not much in the way of illustration.
Content
It was a good idea to present the other side of the argument, but you didn't really tie this part into your conclusion. You said a) climate change is perhaps caused by humans b) perhaps not and c) we have to change our behavior anyway. More evidence that Glenn Beck is a reputable scientist would have been helpful also.
Slide 2-9 (Melissa)
A little too quiet and hesitant, and you had some problems reading some of the words on your slides. It's always best not to read, but you also need to learn the pronunciation of key words like the environment.
heavy
the environment
autochtone > indigenous
elevation > rise
inundation > floods
floe's biodiversity > the biodiversity of ice floes
disappearing
Slide 10 (Anthony)
Good delivery, but you read the slides too much and your intonation is rather monotonous. The audience feels it is being lectured.
environment
cutting down
automobile
shipping (not chipping)
three quarters
catastrophe
Slide 17 (Eric)
Very communicative, good intonation, but grammar is very poor, particularly in the slides.
the temperature don't correlate > temperatures don't correlate, or the temperature doesn't correlate
the problem is become from the sun > the problem comes from the sun
Bagdad knew the first ice > there was ice in Bagdad for the first time
lowest
we can see the augmentation > we can see the rise
persons > people
idea (i-de-a)
he writed a book > wrote
he think > he thinks
it's the natural fault > it's nature's fault, it's a natural problem
Slide 26 (Alexis)
Good delivery, a little hesitant. When you take a poll (= sondage) in the class, ask who thinks A, count hands, then who thinks B, count hands. Wait until people respond otherwise they will not participate.
eCONomise
geothermic
wind
WWF (double u, double u, eff)
the environment
who thinkS it's X and who thinkS it's
Written corrections (Katie):
slide 1: It is a phenomenon where the average temperature of the oceans and atmospheres rises.
slide 2. Global warming has serious consequences on the environment and humans.
slide 3: Rise in sea levels: floods.
slide 5: destruction of the polar ice caps, and therefore the habitat of such animals seals and polar bears.
slide 6: A rise in the average ocean temperature.
slide 7: Extinction of certain species
32 % of amphibians.
slide 8: Mosquitoes carrying malaria are multiplying
Increased severity of asthma attacks.
slide 9: Consequences of global warming are numerous and the causes are still under debate.
slide 10: at the heart of the problem
are principally caused by humans.
the carbon dioxide emissions.
methane emissions have doubled.
slide 11: the main reasons
greenhouse gass emissions
combustion of fossil fuels
390 tonnes
their extractions and combustions
slide 12: EMISSIONS - plural!
between 3 and 10 tonnes of CO2 each year
slide 13: shipping (no THE) releases 3 times more sulfur dioxide than road transport.
A return flight from Paris to New York... emits one TONNE (spelling!)
No "the" in front of public transport and goods transport
slide 14: Agriculture (no THE)
storage of organic waste
the consumption of fossil fuels.
breeding (no THE)
emissions = plural
slide 15: Households (no THE)
16 tonnes (spelling)
Moving (no THE)
Building (no THE)
slide 16: fault of government policies
gas emissions (plural)
5 billion tonnes (spelling)
slide 18: People (no THE) that think that it is inevitable.
slide 19: we hear that it is caused by Co2
slide 20: some scientists think that it is caused by the Sun
slide 23: People who thing it is just a commercial idea
Green washing???? - brain washing??? Is that a pun???
slide 24: He wrote a book that opposed Al Gore's opinion.
He thinks that it is just a commercial idea.that scientists came up with in order to create jobs.
slide 25: This is why people believe that global warming is just a scam.
Just a marketing ploy to sell more products and create a false sense of a clear conscience.
slide 26: two hypotheses
...even if it is just part of a cycle.
slide 28: ....human fault.
what do you think about these two hypotheses?